Faster verification for PCI Express-based chips

A new PCI Express e Verification Component (eVC) dramatically shortens the time needed to create a PCI Express-based verification environment.

A new PCI Express e Verification Component (eVC) dramatically shortens the time needed to create a PCI Express-based verification environment.

In addition, the PCI Express eVC is fully compliant with Verisity's e Reuse Methodology (eRM) to provide users with guaranteed interoperability and reusability.

The PCI Express eVC was developed for functional verification of PCI Express-based systems.

It is a ready-made highly configurable eVC suitable for any DUT that interfaces with a PCI Express bus.

It contains the entire functional verification environment and includes three integrated components: a scenario generator for generating and injecting both legal an illegal traffic; monitors and assertion checkers for viewing outputs and checking protocol rules; and coverage reports showing the functional coverage of scenarios on the bus.

The PCI Express eVC is fully compliant with eRM, a methodology for developing reusable verification components.

eRM promotes best practices among developers by providing comprehensive guidelines and best-known methods for developing verification environments and/or eVCs.

"Verification IP has become a strategic asset for our customers", explained Pete Heller, eRM and eVC Product Line Manager for Verisity.

"The PCI Express eVC is a very important component for designs employing the PCI Express standard.

It provides everything a verification engineer needs to verify these designs including generation, checking and full coverage analysis.

In addition, eRM-compliance ensures that the PCI Express eVC will interoperate seamlessly with all other eRM compliant eVCs".

"The industry is moving forward with the transition across platforms to PCI Express", said Bala Cadambi, Intel's PCI Express Initiative Manager.

"PCI Express provides the performance and system design flexibility required for the present and next generation computing and communications platform component interconnects while also providing a long-term path to improved I/O slots.

Verification tools help accelerate development of PCI Express enabled products and keep the industry on track for delivery of solutions in 2004".

The PCI Express eVC will be available in Q4 2003.

The list price for a single floating, annual licence is $10,000.

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